I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Republicans in the New Mexico Senate have coalesced around a redistricting plan that forces no two incumbents to run against each other
Former Bush White House Senior Advisor Karl Rove will headline a fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Heather Wilson on August 11 in Albuquerque.
Former GOP Rep. Heather Wilson raised $452,000 in the Second Quarter for her campaign for U.S. Senate, staying competitive with Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich, who raised $485,000.
Former Lt. Governor and 2010 Democratic nominee for governor Diane Denish endorsed State Auditor Hector Balderas for U.S. Senate Wednesday.
Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich raised $485,000 from 2,200 individuals in the second quarter in his bid to become a U.S. Senator in 2012, his campaign announced yesterday. The campaign has more than $700,000 in cash-on-hand.
State Auditor Hector Balderas raised $400,000 in the first two months of his candidacy for an open U.S. Senate seat in 2012, showing that he could mount a serious challenge to Rep. Martin Heinrich.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson announced Tuesday that Bryce Dustman, her former chief of staff, will manage her campaign for U.S. Senate to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman.
The New Mexico Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that would still allow undocumented immigrants to receive driver’s licenses, but stiffened some restrictions on provisions made by the Senate Judiciary Committee. An amendment that would have reverted the language of the bill to match what passed the House failed in the chamber.
A political battle over control of New Mexico’s dominant party played out on the Senate floor Tuesday over an unexpected issue: an Albuquerque woman’s nomination to a state board. Confirmations in the Senate are usually uneventful and state lawmakers usually speak…
New Mexico would tax food for the first time in years, add $1 to the state cigarette tax and net taxes from out-of-state owners of business partnerships on income earned here.
Meanwhile, state agencies would get fewer dollars and several hundred jobs would disappear from state government. That mixture of spending cuts and tax hikes was part of a $5.276 billion state budget proposal that the Senate passed 25 to 17 early Sunday morning to help close a projected shortfall of several hundred million dollars next year.
The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday reduced by more than half the amount of new revenue the House approved to generate through tax increases, from $340 million to roughly $150 million.
The Senate did this by replacing two House-approved tax…
This sign posted on the door of Senate Finance Committee sort of sums up the relationship between the two chambers in the New Mexico Legislature.
Yep, folks. We have a long haul ahead before the session is over Feb. 18.…
The controversial domestic partnership bill, SB 183, which was scheduled to head to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday before going before the Senate Finance Committee is instead headed straight for Finance. Senate Majority Floor Leader
For the second straight day, the Senate had on its agenda a proposal to open conference committees and other legislative meetings to the public, but, as it did on Sunday, the Senate adjourned late Monday evening without considering the bill.
Blogger, photographer and videographer Mark Bralley has some insightful observations in a new posting about webcasting on his blog, but there’s also a big piece of news: If the Senate doesn’t start official audio and video webcasting, he’s going to do it for them.
Two senators introduced compromise webcasting legislation late Tuesday, keeping alive the hopes that live audio and video of the Senate’s proceedings could become available online before the end of the session.
A resolution that would set the rules for live audio and video wecasting from the Senate floor was approved today by the Senate Rules Committee.
In an early morning letter, Common Cause New Mexico Executive Director Steve Allen lamented the fact that no ethics reform legislation was discussed “at all” in the state Senate Rules Committee Monday morning, and he speculated that it…
The New Mexico Senate will convene at 8 a.m. on Wednesday to hold a short session so members can attend a public memorial service later in the day for Patty Jennings, wife of Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings, who died on Saturday.
The Senate Committee’s Committee decided this afternoon to take a step toward webcasting by allowing cameras to be reinstalled in the Senate gallery with the intention of beginning webcasting audio and video later this session, the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Kate Nash is reporting on her blog.
